Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Buget cuts and military expenses

Today I'll do some comparison between the proposed GOP 2011 budget cuts, and the military expenditures of the last 10 years. The GOP proposed budget cuts are based on yearly budget, so when they say $30M (millions) cut on the first item on the list, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, that is for 1 year. To put things in perspective, I calculated how long it took our military in Afghanistan and Iraq to spend the same amount of money. $30M is 2 hours of war. In this case, the GOP is basically proposing to cut the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies funds for one year, in order to pay back just 2 hours of war.There are a total of 70 items. Here are the one that saddened me the most:

Economic Development Assistance = 57 minutes of war. Great choice in a time of recession.

National Drug Intelligence Center = 39 minutes of war. We don't have a drug problem in this country ...

Juvenile Justice = 9 minutes of war. Just 9 minutes of war!

NSF = 9 hours. Science has never served this country.

Food Safety and Inspection Services = 4 hours of war. Haw we never had food contaminations in this country.

WIC = 2 days of war. Wicked! If you can't raise a kid on your own, don't have one...

Family planning = 20 hours of war ... and you can't use birth control either! That goes well with the item above!

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services = 6 hours of war. We REALLY don't have a drug problem in this country.